Associate Director — Delhi

Division/department: Research (Qualitative) Division

Job description

• Handle projects from simple to complex nature
• Responsible for staff management, marketing activities and technical skills
• Manage a research team (induction, motivation, training and performance review) to ensure all respective activities are carried out timely and effectively
• Guide and provide insights to ensure meaningful and value-added findings are generated from projects
• Direct all procedures in the department to ensure consistent, accurate and efficient applications across departments like field, DP, financial systems
• Collaborate with other departments such as field / DP to meet project requirements
• Prepare winning proposals and review & negotiate costing to ensure competitiveness
• On the project client servicing
  • Ensure high quality moderation for different qualitative methodologies, including focus groups and in-depth interviews
  • Design report and write conclusions with strategic and actionable recommendations
  • Act as consultant to ensure the strategic impact of the recommended actions are highlighted to clients
  • Design and deliver client presentations in a highly confident and professional manner
  • Overall client relationship
  • Responsible for client satisfaction
  • Manage and service "key clients", ensuring repeat business / increased volumes of business
  • To identify and generate business from new clients
• Achievement of sales targets
• Keep OPEs under control
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstandings
• Assist senior members on ad hoc projects as assigned

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Minimum 9 years experience in Qualitative research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst — Delhi

Division/department: Business Consulting Division

Job description

• To be part of large single / multi-country consulting assignments, from research phase to the recommendation and client presentation phase
• Project Execution, including client exposure, report and presentation production
• Extensive support in Business Development efforts, including research for generating leads, and preparation of proposals
• Participating in knowledge management efforts
• Develop industry expertise and prepare industry papers; including articles to be published under their name in leading national / international business publications

Requirements

• BE / B.Tech. / Masters in Economics / Science / Mathematics, and MBA from reputed institute(s)
• Relevant experience in consulting or industry:
  • Business Analyst (BA): 1-2 years
  • Senior Business Analyst (SBA): 3-4 years
• Preferably, experience from large consulting or research projects
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst — Mumbai

Division/department: Business Consulting Division

Job description

Be part of large multi-country consulting assignments, from initial background analysis to client presentations.

• Organize / collect / analyze industry and market level information (e.g., market sizing, industry, competitor, and data on marketing and distribution channels); and carry out report preparation
• Carry out research from primary and secondary sources for consulting mandates
• Provide extensive support in business development
• Prepare industry papers
• Significant amount of travel could be expected within the country and outside

Requirements

• BE / B.Tech. / Masters in Economics / Science / Mathematics, and MBA from reputed institute(s)
• Relevant experience in consulting or industry:
  • Business Analyst (BA): 0-2 years
  • Senior Business Analyst (SBA): 3-4 years
• Strong client-driven and strategic mindset
• Excellent communication (written and oral), and interpersonal skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Business Development Manager — Mumbai

Division/department: Business Consulting Division

Job description

• You will develop new business relationships, generate and negotiate new income to an agreed annual target of revenue, to increase year on year
• Responsible for your own lead generation and appointment setting
• Presenting SBC to potential clients through direct communication in face to face meetings, telephone calls and emails
• Managing and maintaining a pipeline
• Responding to tenders and requests for information in a timely manner
• Actively and successfully manage the sales process: lead generation; credentials pitch; asking questions; solution pitch; negotiation; close; handover to the account management team
• You will have individual responsibility for new business, and are expected to self manage. Support would however be available by the consulting team with the right subject expertise for the pitch
• Create and be accountable for all client proposals, contracts and any further documentation, following SBC procedures
• Need to actively represent SBC at industry events and tradeshows
• Must have a strong professional manner and polished appearance to gain new business leads and contacts
• Keeping abreast of issues affecting the business consulting industry and collecting competitor intelligence

Requirements

• MBA from a reputed institute
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in consulting or service industry
• Strong client-driven and strategic mindset
• Excellent communication (written and oral), and interpersonal skills
• Possess drive, motivation and acute attention to detail in ensuring all sales opportunities to SBC are captured and explored

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

HR Director — Mumbai

Division/department: HR

Job description

Responsible for Southern Asia offices India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand

To provide strategic and operational human resources support across the markets as well as providing functional leadership to the HR community. As a member of the Synovate HR Leadership Team, ensuring implementation of agreed initiatives as well as contributing to the development of these.

• Business Partnering – Provide day to day HR advice and support to the management and teams. Identifies critical business issues and develops appropriate strategies to address them while challenging the status quo and exploring innovative ways of achieving results
• Resourcing – Key player in defining and managing the recruitment and selection of key talent. Provides proactive advice and support to management on strategies for manpower planning Talent Development
• Reward and Recognition – Coaches and educates managers on compensation philosophies and practices such as base pay, incentive schemes, merit increases, employee reviews and any other compensation related topics. Review, advise, and recommend practices and policies on compensation and benefits issues
• Employee Relations – Ensures that corporate governance and legal requirements are adhered to across the business. Provides consultation and resolution support on any/all employee relations issues
• Global HR – Assist the Global HR Director and Synovate HR team in implementing HR initiatives locally. Review, recommend and monitor implementation of HR strategies, policies and procedures

Requirements

We're looking for someone with passion for HR, who acts as a change agent and strong Business Partner to the MDs & business heads, and can drive the fast Synovate business growth in these countries.

This position requires:

• Broad-based HR generalist experience in multi-national companies of at least 10 years at managerial level
• Fluency in written and spoken English and one or several local languages
• Cultural sensitivity within the countries and knowledge of local employment relation regulations
• Ability to lead and work in cross functional and matrix teams
• Strong leadership and personal skills, a high level of energy, a self starter spirit and ability to work well independently and manage multiple tasks efficiently

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Steve Berry — Head of Recruitment
steve.berry@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 12, 2008

Manager (Business Consulting) — Delhi

Division/department: Business Consulting Division

Job description

• Project Management and Execution, including client management, report production / evaluation; preparation / evaluation / delivery of presentations
• Business Development and Sales, including generating leads, preparation / delivery of proposals, negotiations and winning the projects
• Team / Staff Management; development of resources
• Overseeing knowledge management efforts

Requirements

• MBA from a reputed institute
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
• Experience in managing large scale and multi-countries consulting or research projects
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Project Director — Delhi

Division/department: Research (Quantitative) Division

Job description

• Oversee and manage projects
• Maintain client relationship
• Manage and service "key clients", ensuring repeat business / increased volumes of business
• Train and develop team members
• Keep OPEs under control
• Adhere to time schedules
• Collaborate with other departments such as field / DP to meet project requirements
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstandings

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 5 yrs experience in Quantitative research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
Dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 18, 2008

Project Manager — Bangalore

Division/department: Healthcare Division

Job description

• Write proposals, presentations and reports independently
• Depending on the nature of project, to lead a team of executives on a project
• Maintain close client interactions for smooth progress of the project
• Evaluation of clients' needs to ensure that the analysis takes care of clients needs / problems
• To ensure that the time schedules are adhered to
• Keeping OPEs under control
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstanding

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 3 yrs experience in Healthcare research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Project Manager — Delhi

Division/department: Research (Quantitative) Division

Job description

• Write proposals, presentations and reports independently
• Depending on the nature of project, to lead a team of executives on a project
• Maintain close client interactions for smooth progress of the project
• Evaluation of clients' needs to ensure that the analysis takes care of clients needs / problems
• To ensure that the time schedules are adhered to
• Keeping OPEs under control
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstanding
• System compliance

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 3 yrs experience in Quantitative research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 27, 2008

Project Manager — Mumbai

Division/department: Research (Quantitative) Division

Job description

• Write proposals, presentations and reports independently
• Depending on the nature of project, to lead a team of executives on a project
• Maintain close client interactions for smooth progress of the project
• Evaluation of clients' needs to ensure that the analysis takes care of clients needs / problems
• To ensure that the time schedules are adhered to
• Keeping OPEs under control
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstanding

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 3 yrs experience in Quantitative research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 18, 2008

Receptionist cum Admin Assistant — Mumbai

Division/department: Admin Department

Job description

• Attending incoming calls, making outgoing STD / ISD calls
• Arranging domestic and international conference calls booking
• Incoming and outgoing Courier, fax
• Maintaining the attendance register - adding, deleting names, marking holidays, marking absenteeism of employees
• Making list of extensions of all the employees and providing this list to other employees
• Maintaining the birthday list, and provide the list to HR, ordering the cake for birthdays, special occasions, and for farewell etc.
• Travel bookings
• Checking the travel bills and forwarding to Admin Manager for approval
• Ordering office stationeries
• Ordering printing of visiting cards, letter heads etc.
• Scanning documents
• Any other assignment given by the Manager

Requirements

• Any Graduate from recognized university
• Good communication skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Researcher — Mumbai

Division/department: Healthcare Division

Job description

• Expected to work initially on simple projects and then take up complex projects
• Carrying out operation / execution of assignments independently
• Developing study instruments independently
• Giving the required inputs to other senior members in drafting proposals and the presentations for the client
• Supervise the operations

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 2 yrs experience in Healthcare research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Senior Field Executive — Mumbai

Division/department: Fieldwork

Job description

• To ensure completion of every project within Quality and time, parameters by adhering to all standard Project Processes and norms
• Ensure that 4 to 5 projects are scheduled / guided / controlled simultaneously
• Conduct certain Quality Checks personally as required & prepare a Field Visit Plan and adhere to the same diligently
• Filling up of the Time Sheet
• Ensure that product / concept placed / shown 100%
• Ensure Respondents validity in all qualitative / quantitative projects
• Submission of bills by EIC immediately after project completion and monitored by FH
• Ensure checking and submission of bills
• To settle advances immediately after project is completed

Requirements

• Any graduate from a recognized university
• Minimum 3-4 years of Market Research experience in fieldwork. Out of which minimum 2 yrs experience as field executive

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Urvashi Kardam — Senior Human Resources Executive
urvashi.kardam@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is November 30, 2008

Senior Project Director — Mumbai

Division/department: Research (Qualitative) Division

Job description

• Oversee and manage projects
• Motivate and develop team members to generate maximum outputs and job satisfaction
• Maintain client relationship
• Manage and service "key clients", ensuring repeat business / increased volumes of business
• To identify and generate business from new clients
• Achievement of sales targets
• Keep OPEs under control
• Adhere to time schedules
• Collaborate with other departments such as field / DP to meet project requirements
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstanding
• System compliance

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 7 yrs experience in Qualitative research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 30, 2008

Senior Researcher — Delhi

Division/department: Healthcare Division

Job description

• Handle projects from simple to complex nature
• Responsible for independent operation / execution of projects
• Take full operational responsibility of projects
• Provide accurate estimate of cost and timely billing
• Drafting proposals and the presentations for the client
• Collection of outstanding

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 2 yrs experience in Healthcare research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Urvashi Kardam
urvashi.kardam@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is November 30, 2008

Senior Researcher — Mumbai

Division/department: Healthcare Division

Job description

• Handle projects from simple to complex nature
• Responsible for independent operation / execution of projects
• Take full operational responsibility of projects
• Provide accurate estimate of cost and timely billing
• Drafting proposals and the presentations for the client
• Collection of outstanding

Requirements

• Post Graduate in Marketing / International Business from a recognized university
• Min - 2 yrs experience in Healthcare research
• Marketing and business knowledge an advantage
• Proven knowledge and experience of research methodologies

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Dipti Batham
dipti.batham@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is October 27, 2008